Join ADCA

Membership Benefits & how to join ADCA Who are our members? ADCA's membership includes organisations, services, agencies and individual professionals and practitioners engaged in alcohol and other drug services throughout Australia. ADCA's membership also includes: major university research centres; tertiary institutions that offer courses in addiction studies and other programs for alcohol and other drugs workers; officers of the law and criminal justice system; policy analysts; and administrators. What are the benefits of becoming a member? You get free membership to ADCA's National Resource Centre for the Alcohol and other Drugs Sector, which has a range of services available from our Clearinghouse that are tailored to assist all alcohol, tobacco and other drug workers in their information needs. Services include: Online access to over 35 journals from your personal computer Access to AustHealth online (a range of databases specialising in drugs, criminology, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander issues, rural/remote health and many more) Online access to ADCA's DRUG database which is constantly updated and contains over 58,000 items including journal articles, books, reports and conference papers Friendly, experienced staff who can assist with literature searches, retrieving journal articles and other information services Discounted subscription to current awareness services You have direct input into ADCA's activities, in determining priorities for our work and working with us to achieve agreed goals You receive our member newsletter, ADCA News. You can vote in all ADCA elections (Organisational members have 5 votes, Associate Organisational Members 2 votes and individual members 1 vote.) Membership Classifications and Costs ADCA membership is for a calendar year, January - December. The rates cited below are for a full year's membership.  There are three types of ADCA Membership: Organisational Member $150 including GST [Must be incorporated, non government with primary objectives including concern with alcohol and other drug issues] Associate Organisational Member $150 including GST [Any other organisation, including consumer organisations and strategic partners where there are common agendas relating to population groups or common antecedents of drug misuse] Individual Member $70 including GST [Any individual who supports ADCA's goals]